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hi welcome to LA! come with me i wanna show you all the oil drilling sites that are disguised as office/government buildings ^_^

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Gorillaz: Demon Days (2005)

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“We all knew that he was obviously quite ill, and it was pretty clear that this was going to be the last role he would play in a movie. And the fact that it was one of the Final Destination movies made it that much more poignant. Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, our directors, they made a very shrewd decision to take the last couple of lines that were scripted and say, ‘Tony, just say what you would want to say to the fans. What would you like to impart to them in this moment?' So, everything that makes that scene so emotional is authentic because that was just Tony talking through the camera to the very fans who supported him for so many years. So, it was a very magical moment on set."

Craig Perry, producer for FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (2025)

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people really just walk into horror movies and expect them not to deal with uncomfortable things despite the genre being dedicated to discomfort.

i saw so many people complain that lisa frankenstein, a movie where one of the leads is famously a rotting corpse, was too gross for them. when i walked out of nosferatu, i heard people say that the nudity was uncalled for... in a vampire film. nudity? in MY gothic horror?! unheard of!

a LOT of people really need to accept that maybe some genres just aren't to their taste, idk. not every movie needs to be cookie-cutter clean. sexuality is a staple of gothic horror, if not the wider genre horror in General. you don't need to enjoy it, but it doesn't make these things uncalled for.

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I am drunk and on my way home walked past this truck that had pictures of fish on it and said ‘meat without feet’ I laughed so hardr

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From my bestie in Thailand. The second sign went up hours later

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found goat milk and wheat ale at the store. theres no way im NOT making a white gilgamesh tonite

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Thoughts on Gods and Monsters Superman ?

Other than Kenan, he's probably my favorite non-Clark Kent take on the concept of "Superman". Took Timm completely revamping Superman from the ground up to finally get a Superman he could like, but against all odds it's a Superman I like too!

Hernan Guerra is similar to Calvin Ellis in that while there's no mistaking this guy for the "traditional" Superman... he's still recognizably Superman. He still saves people with his powers, he was raised by a kindly couple that took him in, he's the Last Son of Krypton, he cares about Earth, he and Batman are close, and he dislikes Lex Luthor. Having had a different upbringing than Clark did, he doesn't see the world or his role in it the same way. Probably the best illustration of Hernan's attitude can be seen in his costume, a dark black longcoat over a jumpsuit with the traditional red and blue color scheme of Superman. Like his costume Hernan has a darker surface than Clark, but underneath he's a principled guy trying to do the right thing, same as his mainstream counterpart.

Where they do differ drastically is interesting all the same, which the movie shows a little of but the comics tie-ins explore in-depth. Unlike Val-Zod - who is boring because ultimately none of his background results in him differing from Clark the way he logically should - Lor-Zod's differences DO affect how he acts. His kindly couple were Mexican migrant workers, who had to work out in the fields for little pay. Hernan didn't grow up with an idealistic view on what America was - how could he? - given he grew up watching his fellow workers toil in poverty and die of cancer. All because the bosses sprayed carcinogenic chemicals from crop dusters on the fields while the workers were still there, since after all the crops were "worth" more. Valentina, who was Hernan's Lana, ended up in a wheelchair because Hernan shook the tree she was climbing in as a prank and she fell. The guilt from this consumed him for years, resulting in him suppressing his powers, until one day he couldn't repress himself any longer from all the racist insults thrown his way. Burning a man's face after being called a slur resulted in a bunch of racists attempting to attack his family, and pushed Hernan to unleash himself. Only Valentina's intervention halted him from slaughtering the lot, and his adopted father exiled him for how he acted. Clark got sent off from Smallville with expressions of love and support from his adopted family, Hernan got fear and hate.

Both of the two travelled the world after leaving their hometowns, but Clark sought knowledge whereas Hernan wanted the luxuries he had been denied in his upbringing: good food, women, and comfortable lodgings. Chance or fate would push Hernan towards a similar path as Clark despite their differences, with Hernan also becoming Superman after he rescues a group of schoolchildren from a cartel. Again the difference in character manifests because Hernan does not hold back: he slaughters the cartel guards and admits to enjoying it. Killing the cartel leader in his bed is his first official action as Superman and sets the tone for what kind of Superman he'll be.

More egotistical, darker, lacking the unimpeachable moral purity or inherent optimism of Kal-El, this is a Superman that does feel more reflective of the reality of America rather than the ideal. The Authority was apparently a big influence on the DCAU, and Lor-Zod seems to be an answer to the question of "what does a post-Authority/post-9/11 Superman look like"? Answer isn't very kind, nor should it be, but Hernan isn't totally without principles or ideals. He tries to work with the American government, even if he refuses to take orders from them. While it's not his go-to, he's not incapable of attempting to talk threats down rather than immediately cutting loose, demonstrating an ability to recognize that not all of his foes merit the same fate.

His animated short does the best job of showing his deal. He's called in to kill a child because the authorities want him to do their dirty work. Before using lethal force he attempts to talk the child - this universe's version of Brainiac which was created to kill him - down by empathizing with Brainiac, and sharing that he had trouble controlling his powers in his youth too. Only once that fails, and the child begs Hernan to kill him before he totally loses control, does Hernan oblige and gives him a quick, painless death. After he does so he sighs deeply and looks crushed, showing that he's not callous or cruel. Killing a child weighs on him and he does not enjoy it, even when it's necessary. Makes for a marked difference from how he reveled in killing the cartel guards before, establishing that it's not the slaughter itself that he enjoys, but eliminating "evildoers". Clarifying this keeps Lor sympathetic despite how he "breaks" with our preconceptions on how Superman should be.

Honestly the biggest irony is that Hernan is able to conquer his demons more easily than DCAU Clark does. By the end of the Gods and Monsters movie he's decided he wants to reign in the killing, and stop doing the American government's dirty work. Being a hero is more important to him over grabbing power, an internal conflict that takes DCAU Clark a lot longer to resolve. Ironic that despite this version of Superman toying with the idea of seizing control - something attributed to his Zod parentage - he really doesn't act all that differently from Clark as depicted by Timm. DCAU Clark had fascist impulses too, he wanted to kill people, and his arc over the course of the CADMUS storyline revolved around whether he'd rise above those temptations or not. Hernan is able to decide where he stands in a shorter period of time comparatively, and he actually recognizes these inclinations as wrong, unlike how DCAU Clark lacked self-awareness about his own authoritarian impulses.

Main difference is simply that Timm likes this guy and let's him stand up for himself and be cool in a way Clark never gets to do. Arrogance radiates out of Lor-Zod, yet he never gets humbled and embarrassed the way Clark does. Wish we had gotten more movies starring this incarnation of Superman, frankly it's the only Superman I'd trust Timm with at this point. If he ever does get a chance to revisit this guy, I'd be there because against all odds he's a better demonstration of what Superman "should be" than any of Timm's efforts with the default model.

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tea & biscuits at midnight

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as our gov continues to aid and abet the slaughter of his people, please look kindly upon our little cousin ibrahim @wolf-aid. despite being a child, he has had to represent the lives of himself and his family throughout this genocide. he's a sweet kid, who just wants a normal stable life. i feel that contributing to his campaign is the least any of us can do.

he's 87% to his goal! we are so close!

vetting here

WHILE YOU'RE HERE!! i'd also like to share the gfms of his family members amina and hani

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In a landmark and highly controversial decision, Israel's cabinet voted on 13 May to take full responsibility for land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank – an area comprising around 60 percent of the territory and home to the vast majority of Israeli settlements. The move, pushed by far-right Ministers Israel Katz and Bezalel Smotrich, is widely being described by critics as a de facto annexation of Palestinian land.

Under the 1995 Oslo Accords, Area C was placed under temporary Israeli control, with an eventual transition to Palestinian Authority (PA) administration expected. That transition never materialized. Now, with the new cabinet resolution, any land registration efforts by Palestinians in Area C will be declared legally void by Israel. Israeli authorities plan to initiate formal land registration processes, conduct widespread land surveys, and potentially reclassify vast tracts as “state land,” opening them for settlement expansion.

Under international law, all Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank is illegal.

May 13, 2025.

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Israel killed Gaza’s youngest influencer in hospital bombing raid

She offered tips on how to survive under bombardment. Fuck, man.